The City of Saskatoon is developing an accessibility plan this year to make buildings more inclusive and employment opportunities easier to access through assistive technology and language translation services.

To inform the plan, the city is gathering input from residents to reflect the needs of various people. Intel for improving accommodations when it comes to transportation, service animals and buying goods and services is also desired.

“We recognize the responsibility we have to find, fix, and remove barriers so that everyone, especially people with accessibility needs, can be part of strong and inclusive communities,” says Stryker Calvez, director of reconciliation, equity, diversity and inclusion (REDI). “Developing an accessibility plan for the City is a requirement of the Accessible Saskatchewan Act, which states that the City must have a plan in place by December 2025.”

The survey can be found on the city’s Engage page until March 27, 2025. Paper copies will be made available and other options exist for those who request them.

“We have done a lot of work to make these surveys as accessible as possible,” adds Calvez. “There are options to complete long or short form surveys and we have tested them to ensure they are compatible with assistive technology, such as screen readers.”